Tag Archives: Golden Bay

Will the Real World Please Stand Up

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Ross

After seven special days at Totaranui, it was  time to move on. Back to the Real World – not that Totaranui wasn’t real. Quite the opposite. It is the natural world and over the hill was the wierd world that the … Continue reading →

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Totaranui – The Other Way

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ross

A couple of days after our walk north from Totaranui we headed south. This is the direction of the main Abel Tasman Track/Walk. We’d spent a few days watching all the people coming and going. Either heading off all fresh … Continue reading →

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Joining Up The Dots – Abel Tasman National Park

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Ross

The fine February weather continued at Totaranui. Next morning was just glorious. Down the beach was the place to be at 7am. Calm and clear. Waves measured in millimetres. No early-morning swim this time – just a stroll…

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Swims at Totaranui Beach

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Ross

After our first sunny-and-windy day at Totaranui DoC camp and golden beach, it rained. It started (as foretold) later on that first day, and rained most of the second day. This was mostly good because it encouraged us to do … Continue reading →

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To the Beach – Totaranui

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ross

Our busy time at the busy Christchurch motel came to an end. Phew! We then drove north and started a day later at a busy Blenheim motel. Then by early February we were finished for a bit and ready for … Continue reading →

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Ever Eastward – Farewell Spit to Blenheim

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Ross

We woke up on Wednesday near Farewell Spit to mist and rain and time to go back. Back from Golden Bay to the real world. We stopped off in Takaka to do a few things. And Takaka looked even further … Continue reading →

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Glorious Golden Bay

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Ross

Friday of last week we headed out from Richmond, bound for Over the Hill – to Takaka and Golden Bay. It had been a few years since we’d been to Motueka and longer since we’d been Over the Hill. The … Continue reading →

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